If you're in this 5%, we'll never see eye-to-eye. Or is it ear-to-ear? Someone polled 1,000 Americans to find out what our favorite and least-favorite SOUNDS are. And 5% . . . or 1 in 20 people . . . said nails on a chalkboard doesn't bother them at all.
It's the most universally hated sound. But 12% said it's only a little irritating, and 5% said "not irritating at all." Here are the ten sounds we hate the most . . .
1. Nails on a chalkboard. 79% find it "somewhat" or "very" irritating.
2. Chewing with your mouth open, 76%.
3. Loud talking, 74%.
4. When someone smacks their gum, 68%.
5. Snoring, 67%.
6. Slurping, 64%.
7. FARTING, also 64%.
8. Burping, 58%.
9. Teeth-grinding, 55%.
10. When someone clicks their tongue really loud, 54%.
The sound we find the most relaxing is RAIN. 80% of people agree a rainstorm is "somewhat" or "very" relaxing to them. Here are the ten most relaxing sounds:
1. Rain, 80%.
2. Singing, 57%. I assume they mean GOOD singing.
3. A baby laughing, 55%.
4. Water droplets, 50%.
5. A ticking clock, 36%.
6. A car engine humming, 33%.
7. A person humming, 33%.
8. Laughter in general, 30%.
9. Pages turning in a book, 29%.
10. The sound of a pencil on paper, 28%.
(YouGov)